022720: My New Phone

Posted on February 27, 2020 by artandfossils

Well, new to me at least. My old phone died a few weeks ago and, of course, it needed to be replaced immediately! (How could any of us survive without…!) While describing the new one to a friend I referred to it, not as a phone with a camera, but rather as a camera with a phone! It was a genuine slip of the tongue. It was also quite accurate. I suppose this is nothing new but I am continually amazed at the rates of advancement.

Today was my first opportunity to play a little with this new camera/phone – just a stroll around my studio on a foggy day.

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Never thought I’d ever post a cat picture – “Jack”

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I’ll close with a couple of paintings that are works in progress:

Untitled 1 (60″x36″)

Untitled 2 (80″x65″)

Thanks for the visit.

092718: Paris Revisited

Posted on September 27, 2018 by artandfossils

I recently donated a print of the above image to a charity auction to raise money for the Southern Poverty Law Center (a most worthy cause, to my mind). The image, a favorite of mine, was taken on an upper floor of the d’Orsay Museum in Paris.

Digging up that print got me thinking about my other Paris images and that led to a pleasant afternoon rediscovering that photo library. Here is some of what particularly caught my eye. Above is another from the d’Orsay.

Louvre Window Study

Sortie (Exit)

Windows, Gare d’Austerlitz

Grand Palais

Sainte-Eustache

Pantheon

Staircase, Museum of Comparative Anatomy

Sainte-Chapelle

Graffiti

Louvre Entrance

Montmartre

Book Stalls on the Seine

I’ll finish today with this picture postcard image of the Seine as it passes through the heart of the city.

I hope you enjoyed the visit.

061517: More from NYC

Posted on June 15, 2017 by artandfossils

I must admit that I enjoyed revisiting my old NYC project last week – so much, in fact, that I decided to stay with it for another round.

Only three images from this group were shot in Manhattan, only one from the Bronx, and the rest in Queens and Brooklyn (way before people thought it was a cool name for a kid!))

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Happy Fathers’ Day.

Thanks for the visit.

060817: New York Images

Posted on June 8, 2017 by artandfossils

I made a quick run down to Manhattan the other day, something I very rarely do anymore. I lived there for many years. It’s a great place. But life in the country is so much more appealing to me now.

One result of the trip was a desire to re-explore one of my last major projects before my separation from urban life. Industrial landscapes you might call them. Or urban desolation perhaps.

Whatever category they might fit is so irrelevant when compared to the fun I had during those years of exploration. So here today are some of the images from that project.

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By the way, the reason for the trip to NYC (and it had to really be a good one!) was for the opening of this wonderful show. Two of my dearest and most talented friends, husband and wife photographers Moshe and Rivka Katvan, have put together a knockout of a show. Info below. Stop in at the Soho Photo Gallery and take a look. You won’t regret it !

And thanks as always for the visit today.

Colorless Again

Posted on January 24, 2013 by artandfossils

Before we dropped off into this latest deep freeze I managed to take some pictures of my favorite cephalopods in what is ordinarily a dry stream bed. The brief thaw exposed them and the melting snow had the creek running. Seems like I’m staying in that colorless world that I wrote about last week.

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But before I explore that I’d like to tell you about an opening set for Saturday the 26th (tomorrow) at the GCCA Gallery on Main Street in Catskill. Entitled Visitors, Visitations, Visions, the show will display the works of 21 Hudson Valley artists including the following three of my own.

The Lost Boys

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Enlightenment 1

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Enlightenment 2

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And in the upstairs gallery my good friend friend and wonderful painter Elin Menzies will have her work hanging as part of a two person show entitled Animal, Myth, Magic. the opening for both shows will be an early one – 2PM until 5 PM.

Elin Menzies, Crow and Crowboy Admire the Giant Poppy

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So here I am stuck in that colorless world again. What I have assembled this week is a mix of images from my library that I hadn’t yet had the opportunity to play with. As you will see, they cover a range of subjects. Their obvious commonality is the lack of color. Are details and patterns more recognizable? Is there a greater purity to gray scale – no distractions? I don’t really have a position on that old argument about color versus black and white. A strong image is about content, composition, contrasting tonality, and a host of other considerations with color only being one. In this digital age, the image may suggest its fate.

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Eiffel Tower from the Trocodero